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Old 01-03-2019, 11:42 AM
Steve DeRosa Steve DeRosa is offline
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Originally Posted by terken View Post
Here is a 15” Sitka/Mahogany model I built. The Sitka came from the old Bellanca Aircraft wing works in my home town. When they closed in the 80’s a guy in town got all these quarter sawn Sitka blanks that were perfect for a small archtop.

In another life the top would have been part of a wing holding a turbocharged Bellanca Super Viking in the air!

I put the Bellanca logo at the 12th fret.

It is a very comfortable size.

Um, you didn't by any chance use a '61 Kay Galaxie as your template, did you...?


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